These high-quality mixers pair perfectly with your whisky of choice.
6 Top-Shelf Mixers to Complement Your Whisky
May 12, 2020 –––––– Zak Kostro
We all welcome that rare guest who's able to happily mingle with others. Likewise, a whisky mixer with personality really enlivens an evening compared to yet another dull soda or ho-hum ginger ale. These sodas and cocktail ingredients are so tasty and original they might end up being the life of your whisky party.
Bittermilk Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Fashioned—$20/250 ml
Tastes like: Gingersnaps and root beer-like earthiness; gentian root and cinchona bark lend bitterness, balancing golden cane sugar, orange peel, and spices.
Mix this: An elevated Old Fashioned, using high-proof rye or bourbon such as Wild Turkey 101.
Fentimans Dandelion & Burdock—$6.50/750 ml
Tastes like: A medicinal yet balanced blend of fermented ginger root extract, beet sugar, pear juice concentrate, and other herbal infusions.
Mix this: Herbal intensity pairs well with big caramel flavors of a high-proof bourbon.
Fentimans Ginger Beer—$6.50/750 ml
Tastes like: Bright, balanced, and pleasingly herbal. The bite of Chinese ginger root and botanicals is spicy yet refreshing.
Mix this: A Kentucky Mule (bourbon and ginger). Splash it on your everyday bourbon with ice and lime.
Fever-Tree Smoky Ginger Ale—$6/4-pack of 200 ml bottles
Tastes like: Smoky bacon with a rich palette of gingers that are earthy and chocolaty.
Mix this: Match the smoke with a peated single malt scotch or contrast with the honey sweetness of Dewar's White Label.
Q Mixers Tonic Water—$6/4-pack of 6.7 oz. bottles
Tastes like: Crisp, light, and highly carbonated. Markedly well-balanced with subtle bitterness and citrus notes.
Mix this: Top off a bold blended scotch like Compass Box Great King Street Glasgow Blend.
Regatta Craft Mixers Pacific Sea Salt Club Soda—$7/4-pack of 8.45 oz. cans
Tastes like: Dry, clean, and crisp, with exhilarating effervescence and the perfect hint of salt.
Mix this: A classic Highball—whisky, soda, ice, and a gentle stir.
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Bittermilk Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Fashioned—$20/250 ml
Tastes like: Gingersnaps and root beer-like earthiness; gentian root and cinchona bark lend bitterness, balancing golden cane sugar, orange peel, and spices.
Mix this: An elevated Old Fashioned, using high-proof rye or bourbon such as Wild Turkey 101.
Fentimans Dandelion & Burdock—$6.50/750 ml
Tastes like: A medicinal yet balanced blend of fermented ginger root extract, beet sugar, pear juice concentrate, and other herbal infusions.
Mix this: Herbal intensity pairs well with big caramel flavors of a high-proof bourbon.
Fentimans Ginger Beer—$6.50/750 ml
Tastes like: Bright, balanced, and pleasingly herbal. The bite of Chinese ginger root and botanicals is spicy yet refreshing.
Mix this: A Kentucky Mule (bourbon and ginger). Splash it on your everyday bourbon with ice and lime.
Fever-Tree Smoky Ginger Ale—$6/4-pack of 200 ml bottles
Tastes like: Smoky bacon with a rich palette of gingers that are earthy and chocolaty.
Mix this: Match the smoke with a peated single malt scotch or contrast with the honey sweetness of Dewar's White Label.
Q Mixers Tonic Water—$6/4-pack of 6.7 oz. bottles
Tastes like: Crisp, light, and highly carbonated. Markedly well-balanced with subtle bitterness and citrus notes.
Mix this: Top off a bold blended scotch like Compass Box Great King Street Glasgow Blend.
Regatta Craft Mixers Pacific Sea Salt Club Soda—$7/4-pack of 8.45 oz. cans
Tastes like: Dry, clean, and crisp, with exhilarating effervescence and the perfect hint of salt.
Mix this: A classic Highball—whisky, soda, ice, and a gentle stir.
